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Neptec's original technology, the Space Vision System or SVS was designed to help astronauts construct the International Space Station. Capable of processing standard video camera data, the SVS then extracts the precise location of objects in the video scene.
This data is used as guidance information by the astronauts flying the shuttle or
station robot arms. The SVS is able to determine location and orientation at a rate of over 15 frames a second by tracking target arrays (black and white dots) on the space station elements. Neptec has developed three different versions of the SVS including a laptop based version that flew on test flights in 1994 and 1995. Currently operational on the space shuttle fleet and on the International Space Station, the SVS includes the capability to autonomously control cameras on both the shuttle and station.
Neptec has seen the SVS through 12 formal software upgrades and 18 operational shuttle missions. Neptec continues to provide operations support and sustaining engineering to the SVS program.
